Could be that the translator spell mentioned way back when Rina was introduced converts currency (and measurements?) too, and we’re getting an equivalent number in a currency most of us recognize, if not actually use.

I’ll leave that up in the air for now. It’s not impossible for a crystal person to identify more with what humans think of as masculinity; I definitely had one in mind for much later, named Jet, that would have.

As the cure was so difficult to come by and the the ability to change those that wish to back to women the only real issue here is the cost of the material used to save the day. Which means that the accountants will be out in force to find out why they used valuable resources to save lives, just like this world.

It’s also a matter of principle. As a member of a group dedicated to helping people who’ve been hit by any kind of unconsenting and violating magic, like transformation, you can’t easily stand for mass unconsenting transformation.

Sorry, I just don’t agree with them then when it comes down to the change stopping a riot that may have lead to deaths if it had continued. The changes can be reversed, but death seems to still be final for the most part.